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DREADFUL DISASTER NEAR ROUEN . Afnghtfal event oecarred on Tuesday to fill allow district with consternation . A rather violent storm had lmjken over Rouen about noon , the rain had fallen in abundance , and some claps of thunder were heard ; but there was nothing to presage the horrible disaster which las desolated one of the richest and most industrious portions of the arrondisseinent . About half-past twelve a furious whirlnind arose ia the ralley bejond Deville , commencing at the Houlme . It first carried away a part of the roof of the factory of M . Eonff , then , gaining force as it proceeded , it overthrew several small buildings , broke down trees and hedges , and destroyed crops . Farther off l > uildings were unroofed , and others were literally crushed in . The scourge moving with the speed of lightning , carried to a distance some parts of the ruins , then
uprooted the . highest ana largest trees ,, and at last struck three of the principal factories of the valley . The destruction is so complete , that theimagination cannot conceive it . They Lave been literally reduced to crumbs . ' . Of the three establishments which have been destroyed , one is the commune of if alaunay—viz ., that of JL Bailleul , and which was carried on by M . Jfeveu ; the two others were situated near Sfonville—viz ., those of 3 L Picquot and 1 L Mare . At JL Seven's 120 persons were at ^ worfc ; the roof fell in , and the walls gave way before any person could escape . At JI . Mare ' s the nuniberof hands at work was 70 ; the calamity wes not less sudden and complete . At M . 1 'icquotfs the number of persons at work was not less than ISO . Tie roof being first carried awav , -all those within rushed to the doors ,
audth .-j became so crowded that only a few comparatively could get out . This factory was -finished scarcdy ajear ago , and the . prosyrietai was Wwned for erecting it in a more solid manner than any of the others of the valley . The chimney , which was one hundred an £ -fifty feet high , fell down to -sitlrin a few . ; ards of the ground , anl was thrown across the river . The third floa- , cut off with ' wonderful jjsecision , ' was also carried into the water . The two oiler stories nest gave waf , and at last the ground-tloor tvss so completely deniol&ued that scarcely two bricks "remained in their places . AU this was accomplished hi less than two minutes ; f-ioplefrom all parts hurried i « render assistance ; all the manufactories and workshops in the neighbourhood ssntout their men , who at once -began to xiear out the ? uins to save
those under tlieia who might be yet alive . XothiLg can equal the sceue presented tt the three jiicr . cipal theatres of this vast Jisstster . Maubincrv-looms-End bars of iron ¦ were fractured , and enormous pieces of timber were tnroken as if tliey were more straws , an&all lying together in one confused mass , fragments of -rlothing were seen among Hocks -of cotton wool with arcns and legs protaiding from the heap- ; nieces of flesfe were adhering to the irons , and many-parts were dyed with blood . Now and then deep groans wereheard ; soaemenandchildreu , prestrred as if it-were miraculouslj- by an overhanging leam , wer « taken out uninjured , but more frequently some severed liaib < irdaad corpse , or a body so mutilated that death would have been preferable totlietorture it endured , At the guurd-house at Mouville were placed all the bodies
taken out of-the factory of JI . Picquot We have seen seventeea . Two were those of ysung girls , onetiiatofa woman , and the rest of nieu aud boys . Among these last several had been taken out of tbe river , into which they lad been precipitated from the third floor . Some were entirely crushed , others had their heads and chests driven flat , and some had their heads completely severed . Need 5 t he ss d that the spectacle was most horrible . "When we withdrew irom the seat of the catastrophe , at ten at Might , we found at IT . Picquot ' s house twenty-five dead and more than fifty wounded , part ofwhom could notbeexi > ectedtolivethrouguthe night . Itwasbelieved lhattherewereten morevietimsstUluudertheruins . Out cf three foremen , one was killed , the two others saved alive , Jrat severely injured . The toss iu money is estimated at
320 , 0001 AtM . Xeveu ' s there were nine killed and fifteen wounded , iut how many remained under the ruins was not known . His loss is estimated at . 250 . 000 f . At II . Mare ' s there were six dead and a great number wounded . 3 Iis loss is put down at 120 , OOOf . In all forty dead and 100 wounded—many of these last mortally . * The aggregate loss is computed to amount to 020 , 000 f . for these three establishments oaly . The effects of the hurricane extended upwards of a league and a half . The commures which-have chiefly suffered by it are Le Iloulme , IMaiauoay , Mbnville , Esletce , Cleres , and Anceaamville . At Auctaumeville the buildings of aproperty belonging to JI . Darnel have been blown down and the trees uprooted , and also a number of sheep and cows belonging to JI . Caron were killed . A gigautic tree was raised upwards
« f forty yards and transported to a considerable distance , ltuads are rendered impassable by trees laid across them . Carts , waggons , and other carriages were Mown over , aud many persons carried far away . Among the thousand incidents cited we may notice that M . Picquot was on his way to his factory when the storm came on and stopped him , and before he could recover his road the ruins of the factory alone weie to be discerned . Whilst the work was going on in the ruins at 11 . Xevou ' s , cries were heard from him , and the men were directed to turn their attention towards the spot from whenc they proceeded . He was found supporting himself on his wrists , with his back supporting a mass of rubbish , and protecting Ms mother , who had fallen close to him , and who wojld have been smothered had it not been fm
liis rdmirable courage . He had remained in this po'H on , forming a sort of arch over her . Both were taken out without any serious injury ; but the emotion of JL Xeveu was so great that for an hour and a halt after his deliverance , he could not articulate a angle word . A workman , who happened to he in the third story of M . Picquot ' s factory , was thrown into the meadow , where he fell without being hurt . As he got up and was endeavouring to proceed towards the ruins , he was knocked down by an apple tree , uprooted by the wind , tut lie was only slightly hurt . The mutilated remains « f tiro youug girls had been just taken from the ruins at M . Mare ' s , when a woman , who was watching what was going on , recognised them as her daughters . She immediately gave way to the wildest grief , and , rushing to the rrer , threw herself in , and was drowned .
FPHTflEB PABTICCXABS . Rouen , August 22 . The Rouen papers will have informed you of an occurrence on Tuesday last , without parallel , I believe , in iurope . Three large cotton factories were on that day , in the space of one minnte . and , a quarter , levelled to the ground , and the whole of the persons employed in them , amounting to two hundred at least , buried in thernins . 2 have read of battles , hurricanes , and storms , but the iatal event of which I write is rnrique . I feel perfectly
unequal to an adequate description of it . Those who lave passed from llouen to Dieppe , or from Dieppe to llouen , will remember that before arriving at the first relay , or place for changing horses , going from Itouen to Dieppe , at a distance of three or four leagues from the former town , and of course before ascending the hill over it , the road takes an abrupt turn to the left , and crosses a little bridge . At the same spot ( the place is called 3 Ialaunay ) a branch r Bad to the right ascends and continues midway along a range of hills somewhat precipitous , covered with forest and other trees for a mile « r
two . A beautiful valley lies beneath it , on which there eristed on Tuesday last half-a-dozen cotton factories , with as many comfortable dwe ling-houses of the proprietors . A small river runs through the valley , nearer , lowever , to the hills , which rise on the western side , and 2 he waters of which served to turn the wheels and machinery in those factories . About a quarter of a mile from ilalaunay the heights to the right are divided "hs a sort of ravine , which runs ( at that point atleasti aorth ' and south . In front of and bslow it in the valley stood the factory of a JL Xeveu , whose dwelling house was contiguous to it . The whole of the forenoen of Tuesday , August 19 , had been stormy . After twelve o'clock the wind increased , and by one o'clock Talew a hurricane , with the amount of rain that usually
accompanies a thunder-storm ere the crisis arrives . A few minutes after one o ' clock two flashes of lightning , followed by loud thunder , were tb served . Immediatel y afterwards a spectacle presented itself so unusual and so appalling that those who witnessed it were struck mute with terror . The clouds , which , were low , scarcely rising above the tops of the hills at each side of the valley , commenced tnraiug or revolving within each other . * A low moaning was heard in the air , which presentl y increased to a scream louder than thunder . A whirlwind rose ana rushed up the ravine above described . On the top , or at the issue of it , the trees were large , thick , and numerous , but the wind , which came from the south , cut them as if with a scythe . It descended , tearing up the
xoots or snapping like wauds the trees that clothed the » de of the hill ; crossed the road diagonally , burst through a fence , opened for itself a passage through ! a high exbankmeut , destroyed cabins , fruit andoraameutal trees in its course , and arrived at the factory of 1 L Xeveu It overthrew and razed it literally to the ground . It uuslatea the adjoining dwelling-house , and proceeded to the factory of a 3 L 3 Iare , a distance of 690 or 809 yards , ravaging the intervening grounds . This latter iaetoiy fell teforeit as if a house of cards . Walls , roof , machinery , inmates , were destroyed and mingled by its resistless force . The dwelling-house of M . Mare was spared , like that of M . Xeveu , but the unslating of the roof and walls was more complete . Hitherto the storm bad followed its
direct course from south to north . After passing over the Jiouse and factory of M . Mare , and reaching ^ that of 3 L Piequot , it wheeled suddenly to the right and passed a distance of a couple of hundred yards to the east , J ) ut returned from' its abrupt detour ere it reached the road . Then , like a , huntsman who takes ground sufficient to put his steed in full speed ere lie attempts a great leap , and like him making itself up forthe . feat . it rushed upon the factory of JL Picquot ( a splendid new and solid structure of brick , presenting a front of about 200 feet in length . The building consisted of the factory proper , four stories in height , and occupying three-fifths of the frontage . At each side wa 3 a wing of about 40 feet , and of only one story . It would seem as
3 f the whirlwind gained strength in the valley , or reserved itself for the grand blow at this factory . In the first thir-« cen people perished ; in the second fifteen . If it had prcc-cded in a right line afterwards , it wonld next have - ^ ^ countered * he gable end of the fine building of M . Keqtnt . bat instead of doing so it made the sharp turn to the right , took breath , and coming back , made its *™** 2 *» assault upon the body of the factory . So ES \ - ™ ----¦ ill
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about the exact breadth of the factory , rushed upon it , aud literary blew it from its foundation . Hardly checked by the opposition of brick walls , it essayed the mountain in the rear . Here the resistance was real and effective , although the wrecks of trees on the sides of the hill showthat the onset was furious . Rallying and making a sudden turn to the right itresumedits original direction , * and tore along the valley nearly to its termination , aud then rose ap the side of the western mountain , destroying or maiming trees in its way . At the summit it blew down mauy , and a little on the descent at the other side it demolished a barn , rushed down the hill , aud before pursuing its way along that valley unroofed and damaged the paper-mill of a 51 . Duval . The time occupied by the devastation I have so faintly depicted was , iroiu its reaching the top of the ravine on
the eastern side of the valley ( at St . Maurice ) uutil the completion of its disastrous mission , a minute and a quarter . The distance through which I have followed it is somewhat more than a mile . Leaving out of view the aspect of the valley after the departure of the whirlwind , the scene of desolation it had produced was almost indescribable . Three immense buildings , crowded from the ground to the roof with machinery , materials , and hundreds of human beings , reduced to one confused mass of wreck . The sight was homf yinp . The workpeople of the other ( aborning ) factories , who lad been struck mute with apprehension , turned , after tfce passage of the ( hurricane , their regard towards the -parts of the valley where had stood the neighbouring buildings , and were appalled by the vacancies that offered to their view . This sensation was only momentary , however , for they
at once took m the wtole disaster and ran with one accord to the ruins in their respective neighbourhoods . The report of the calamity fled almost as swiftly as its cause , for immediately after it had passed the whole rural population of the country and fee thousands of people employed in the factories which iie at intervals for eight or ten miles along the road from llouen to Malaunay , and the garrison and inhabitants of this city , caught the rumour and ran to the scene of desolation , and with common accord commenced with zeal and earnestness the work of rescue . I am told that the rapidity with which the timber , stones , bricks , machinery , and ponderous implements were caught up and thrown aside , in the search for the sufferers in agony , or dead beneath the wreck , was magical . It is true that they had not to mount high to seize the uppermost wreck , for
all was laid low . The masses of brickwork , beams , some of them SO feet long and 10 or 18 inches square , bags of cotton , iron bars , portions of steam-engines , weighing many hundreds of pounds , were instantaneously caught up and removed . Beneath them were found , as well as I can learn , nearly 250 human beings of all ages , and both sexes . A few—a very few , already dead . The rest were bruised , wounded , crushed , disfigured , mutilated . Either the storm that continued to rage , and the rain that now began to pour , drowned the groans ana moans of the victims , for they were unable to utter a cry ; but true it is that few cries were heard , although the labours of those who toiled to relieve them were carried on in almost deathlike silence . The description of their appearance , which I had from many of those eugaged in rescuing them , is too horrible to repeat . Nearly two hundred of the wounded were removed in carriages to the hospital of llouen . A few still remain in the cottages in the neighbourhood of
the disaster , some of them mortally wounded . Already G 5 are dead—61 positively , and four still missing , supposed to he buried under masses of wall thrown into the river . This visitation was attended by some interesting and extraordinary episodes . M . Marc , a young man , the proprietor of the first factory attacked , was alarmed by tlie supernatural noise in the air that preceded the blow , and , imagining that lire had occurred , ran out of the building , and thus escaped death ; but his health is visibly impaired by the shock . Several men who followed or were thrown out of the factory were killed by the mass of matter that fell , or was blown upon them . In the factory of M . Picquot eight or ten men were , with the walls of the building , blown many yards off , and escaped with only some bruises . Twenty-four hours after the disaster , a little girl , of eleven years , was found in a basket under the ruins , fast asleep , and almost unhurt , the poor child having , from the fatigue of crying , possibly fallen asleep .
{ From the Memorial tie JRonen of Friday . ) The clesring away of the ruins of the three manufactories is completed , and the detachments of the troops of the line returned into the town yesterday : — The final number of the dead bodies dug out from the ruins is 75 . The number of the wounded , as we said yesterday , is from 150 to 170 . Besides the 75 dead bodies dug out from among the ruins , we have to add a certain number of wounded who have died , and many others are so dangerously hurt that there is little hope of saving them . It is impossible to praise too highly M . Staweski , the civil engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Itouen . He directed the labours of the workmen aud soldiers at M . Picquot ' s manufactory with the greatest zeal . He was forty-eight hours on the spot , aud did not go away uutil it was ascertained that no more victims could be found among the ruins .
The search was not finished until three p . m ., when , upon reference to the registers of the establishment , it was ascertained that no more persons were missing . The examinations having been most scrupulously made , it was found that at the moment of the misfortune there were 163 persons at the time of the disaster in M . Picquot ' s establishment . Among the details of this w . ekracboly calculation are the fallowing : —33 dead , th : ee of whom were found on the night of the 19 th , four ou the 20 th , and one yesterday ; 5 S were severely wounded , and the rest saved ; or at least feu- of them wore seriousl y hurt . The wounded in this establishment were the most numerous , aud , in general , the most severelv injured .
M . Dupont Delaporte arrived from Ea during the night . He was very fatigued by his journey , and was obliged to go to rest . lie rose , however , soon , and accompanied by M . Tougard , counsellor of the prefcture , visited all the points of the disaster . He gave orders at his hotel to furnish everything for the service of the unfortunate sufferers . Just as he got upon the ruins two victims were found . He afterwards visited the sufferers in their beds , and spoke to them with the greatest affection . Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hellot , he visited all the private houses to which the wounded had been carried . He then visited the owners of the destroyed establishments , and promised to interest the Government in their favour . He begged the mayors of Malaunay and Monville to spare nothing for ttie comfort of the sufferers , and told them he would obtain the sanction of the Government for defraying all the expenses . On his return to llouen he found a letter from the Ministry approving ali his proceedings and promising prompt succour . Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers have baen opened at Monviile and all the nei ghbouring towns .
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# I now recollect that after passing over the body of the building it had levelled , and after its impotent attempt upon the hills in the rear , the wind appears to have retunied aud passed round a corner of the factory , and unroofed an adjoining building .
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¦ W ^^ V ^^ VWW ^^ I ^^ f ^ VWWWVWWVW . XORTHEltN CIRCUIT . Liverpool , August 22 . —Chabge of Mckder . — nonniBLE CscELTr . —George Hill was indicted for the murder ofBenJonson , an African or Krooman , on the night between the 1 st and 2 d of May , on board the brig Challenge . Mr . Brandt and Mr . Patchett prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . WilkiusandMr . James . The prisoner was the ' eommander of the brig Challenge , which had proceeded from Liverpool to tbe coast of Africa ; on the return voyage , in February last , in consequence of a want of hands , and the impossibility of obtaining Europeans , the deceased , Ben Jonson , was shipped . In May , on the night between the first and second , the deceased was in a night-watch , of which his companions were TVm . Angus , seaman and cooper , the second mate , and
Wm . Lyons , an apprentice . At that time , about four in tbe morning , the prisoner was in his bed . The deceased , who was about thirryyears of age , being tired , shirked his duty , went and sat down on the coombings of the companion stairs and fell asleep ; while asleep he overbalanced himself and fell down the stairs—a height of about seven feet . Making a great noise in the descent , his fall was heard by those on deck , and also by the captain , who immediately called out to inquire the cause of it . Holmes , the second mate , called out to Angus to come and lend a hand to pick Ben up . Angus , fearing chastisement of the deceased on account of his neglect of duty , went to the top of the companion-stairs and called him to come up quickly . He rose from off the boards and went up , but
proceeding slowly Angus took hold of the collar of his jacket and assisted him . "When he got on deck he leaned against the companion , and then went to the larboard side and lay doa-n again , apparently in sleep , under the hurricane deck . Shortly afterwards the captain came on deck , in great anger , and called ont , " Where is that fellow < " Angus pointed to the Krooman , and the pri . soner then went , got the rope's « nd , soifefc was kept for ihetxpressptirpo&offoggUigatQse of the Crete telto incurred fhecaiteirfsdltpkasurc , and commenced flogging the deceased ; at the first blow he wheeled himself round , and tried to get away from under the hurricane-deck , but was hauled do wn by the prisoner and again flogged and kicked in a most ferocious manner for about a quarter of an hour , during which time the deceased had several limes
screamed , as if in agony . The prisoner afterwards saying that the rope ' s-end was not strong enough to nu'ke him get up , went and got a canoe-paddie , an implement leDgthy and strong , which tapers at one end , and is flat at tbe other , and returning to the place where deceased still lay , beat him with the paddle , and so violentl y , that it broke in bis hand into several pieces . He then , seeing his efforts were useless in causing deceased toget up , called to Angus , and told him " to drag him out of that , " and he himself walked away forward . Angus got a bucketful of water aud threw it over the deceased , who was lying with hisfaceonfhedeck . The moon was not out , but a lantern
which was brought and the light in the binnacle enabled Angus to see that the body and tbe deck around it were covered with blood . He also heard a gurgling noise as if the blood was spurring out . There was also " a snorting noise as if there was something in the nostrils , " and hearing this the captain shouted , "If you don't stop that I'll give you some more of it . " AnguB lifted deceased up , arid carrying him laid bun down forwards , near the windlass . At about eight o ' clock in the morning the captain asked the first mate , "How Ben was after his rope ' s ending ?" Tne captain ordered Friar ' s balsam and spirit of hartshorn . to be applied . The cook , Daniel Philups , a man of colouTi expreesed Ms fear that the deceased was dying ,
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but the captain said , " Tut , tut ; How many men do you see in L ' . verpool without noses ? " During the morning all the i jitCT , . , as well as tbe captain , saw the body , and life being unquestionably extinct , it was at about twelve o'clock thrown overboard . It was covered with blood the hair matted , the jaw broken , a fearful gash on the throat , and the nose cut in two—all the natural results of the . -prisoner having struck him with the edge of the flat end of the paddle . Before the deceased had been thrown overboard , there was a conversation between the captain , vVm . Ritson , tbe first mate , and several of the erew , as to whether deceased had died from the effects of the injuries inflicted by the former ; and then the captain had declared that he was sure that tbe neck was broken by the fall down the companion stairs . The captain dirated tbe cook to feel in deceased ' s neck to see if there
was not a bone sticking out . The cook said , " No , sir , I don't think it is . " The captain answered , " O , d—n it , say it is , for fear they might haul me . up when I get to Liverpool . " Ritson , the mate , some time afterwards , madeoutthelogontheslate , and thenhadhalfcopicditinto the log-book , as usual , when the captain stopped him , took the slate , rubbed out what had been written , and substituted another statement of his own , commanding his mate to copy that and no other . This llitson did . It stated what appeared in the evidence , that " A Krooboy , named Ben Jonson , having fallen asleep on the companion ladder , fell headlong down into the cabin : " this was written by the first mate , and the captain ' s dictation went on to say , that he had been picked up groaning and taken on deck ; that in the morning ' the captain had given him three or four lashes with a rope ' s end , as a
punishment ; that afterwards he had unfortunately died , and that the captain had said be must have broken his neck in the fall—as a proof confirmatory of which , his neck bone had been starting from the skin . Mr . AVilkins addressed the jury for the defence . His Lordship summed up . The jury left the court to deliberate upon their verdict , and after an absence of an hour and forty minutes returned a verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter . The pri soner , on being called upon to say why judgment should not be passed upon him , according to law , said : — " It appears pretty evident it will be of no avail what I may say . You are about to punish a man as free from the guilt of the charge as any one in court . " His Lordship said : —The sentence of the Court was , that he should be transported to such place as her Majesty , by the advice of her Privy Council , should think fit for the term of liis natural life .
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MANSION HOUSE . Daring Street Uobbeby . —Elizabeth Hadley w « os placed at the bar charged with having robbed a gentleman connected with the Corn Market , of a gold watch-guard and chain , in the neighbourhood of Mark-lane , on the evening of Monday last . City police-constable John Cook , 527 , stated that , having received information of the robbery , and with a description of the person suspected , he had been in search of the prisoner , but had not been able to meet her until last evening ( Friday ) , when , being in company with police-constable Moore , It , both of them iii plain clothes , they met the prisoner , evidently in a state of intoxication , importuning every gentleman that passed . They took her into custody . No portion of the property had yet been traced . The officer stated that the prosecutor was at present in the country , but he would be in the Corn Market on Monday , and he therefore asked for a remand of the prisoner . Remanded till Tuesdav .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . Saturday .. — Out Late . — Two smartly-dressed young men , who gave their names as George Smith and William Green , were charged with creating a disturbance in the ilaymarket , at the hour of six in the morning , with breaking a pane of glass , and with refusing to pay their cabman . The defendants presented an extraordinary sight ; they were completely covered with dust , as if they had been rolled in a dusty country road ; one had a frightfully contused eye , whilst the other had his coat torn up to the collar . It appeared that they alighted from a cab , at the top of the Iiaymarket , which they refused to pay , on the ground that they had no money , and had
no recollection ot having engaged it ; they then were making their way into one of the next houses , but , being drunk , they were repulsed , and broke the glass out of pure revenge for the conduct of the landlord . They then offered to fight some of the cabmen on the stand , who refused , much to their praise ; but one or two who were attacked by the inebriated youths , being more short-tempered than the lest , gave them a _ " bit of a licking , " slit up the coat of the one , and discoloured the eye of the other . In their defence , they avowed that they had no recollection of the events of the past night as they had dined out , and having expressed their intention of paying for the damage they had done , and 10 s . each besides , they were discharged .
GUILDHALL . Charge " of Attempt to Produce Abortion . — Mary Almond , a young woman who had been remanded on a charge of inciting and inducing a young lad in the employ of Mr . Elliott , a chemist aud druggist , to procure for her certain ' medicines , for the purpose of producing abortion , and also inciting him to assist her in producing such abortion manually , was again placed at the bar before Sir Chapman Marshall , the sitting alderman . At the former hearing the prisoner had declared that she was not in the family way ; but in answer to questions put by the worthy alderman , she now stated that she did not think she was , but she was not quite certain . The alderman inquired if Mr . M'Murdo had examined her , but it did net appear he
had , although she had been remanded for the purpose . — Sir Chapman Marshall : That is very extraordinary . —Mr . Taylor , the former master of the prisoner , and in whoso service she had been for some time , appeared on the prisoner ' s behalf , and stated that whilst in his service her conduct was most excellent , and she was all the time a well-behaved , regulated giri , and as for the present charge he could not understand it , and so satisfied was ho that it was without foundation , that he would readily take her again into his service if she was discharged . —Sir Chapman Marshall , after severely admonishing the prisoner on her conduct , on account of the excellent character she had received , consented to her being discharged , and remarked that he trusted it would be a warning to her in future .
CLERKENWELL . Mother asd Daughter . —Mary Morris -was charged with stealing a petticoat belonging to her mother , a poor woman residing in Corporation-lane The prisoner , who cried bitterly , is only 17 years of age . — The mother deposed to the theft . The prisoner pawned it , as the pawnbroker could prove . —Mr . Greenwood : Do you wish to prosecute her ? The Mother : I do ; she has been constantl y robbing me ; she is always getting drunk . —Mr . Greenwood : What ! Getting drunk , and only 17 years of age ?—Mother : Oh , yes , your worship . She keepsj the worst of company ; I don't know what to do with her ; she is always robbing me . —Mr . Greenwood : You wish her to be exposed and punished ?—The Mother It is very hard for me to be always robbed by her .-She was remanded .
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• Manchester , Thursday . —Last night a numerous meeting of the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee was held at the Red Lion Inn , London-road , lor the purpose of taking into consideration the best course to adopt to secure the passing of the measure next session . The proceedings commenced about eight o clock . The Chairman said—Gentlemen the secretary and myself have thought it ri ght to call vou together specially this evening , to lay before you ' the state of the question , and to enter into serious deliberation as to the best course to be adopted in the next session of Parliament . The great question , gentlemen , for our consideration to-night is , what shall now he done to secure the success of our
labours next year ? Many ofj us have been engaged in this grand cause for upwards of twenty years , and although our efforts have not been crowned with success , we have done much to improve the condition of the factory workers ; but there is still much more to be done . When first we undertook this good but arduous task we were looked upon as something worse than madmen : we were told that the profits of our masters depended upon the last hour ' s labour of the day , and that any reduction of the working time would ruin the manufacturers of the country We knew better than this , and the result proves we were right . . Night work . has , by our exertions and those of our friends in Parliament , been abolished- the ^^ l ^ l'ave been reduced by act of Parliament irom fourteen
and fifteen hours a-day to twelve and some of the most extensive masters in the kin * dom have gone a step further , and are now woSg eleven hours without any corresponding reduction of wages , andnotwithstanding these reductions of time the manufacturers were never in so prosperous a con * , dition as at the present moment . Let these facts be but fully understood , and I fear not the result of the forthcoming straggle for a ten hours bill . On looking over the list of the two divisions on the 22 nd of March last , I find that nearly three-fourths of the members representing manufacturing communities voted with Lord Ashley . We shall not readil y forget that day when , on two separate divisions , ouv friends defeated ttie Government . On a careful analysis of those divisions , 1 and that thirty-two members representing manufacturing districts and boroughs , veted for
tea hours a-day , whilst only nine representing similar placos , votsd against us . This is a fact Tvhich oueht to be well understood by the constituencies of agricultural districts . The plan which I have now to sub " mit for vour consideration will , I think , if adopted ' do much to secure success . It is , of course onlv sue ' gested for the cOnsidmtioa of this and the dis trictconimiWees , a . ud which I shall now lav befnrp you . First , . that a Mj of £ 500 at least bj raS by subscription ; secondly , that convenient officee be taken in Manchester ,- and a permanent secretary engaged to conduct thei ^ rreflpondenee , &c . third that meetings be held i'u every agricultural bo ^ rough m the kingdofci , and . ^ natpetitio nafee procured from every . place wheK " - meeti'ugs are held , also a memorial to their member ormeniiers , requesting them
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to support the cause of the factory children , and praying them not to prevent , by their votes , the manufacturing members from improving the condition of their own constituents ; fourth , that petitions be prepared from every mill in the kingdom to be ready for presentation ou the first night of next session ; fifth , that petitions be got up , signed by the clergy and medical profession in each town , and , in every case where practical , headed by the vicar , dean , or bishop , as the case may be ; and sixth , that petitions be obtained from as many millowners as possible in favour of short time . I submit this plan for the consideration of this committee , and hope it will receive their approval . There is another point to which I wish to call your attention , that is the
propriety of soliciting a meeting of the master manufacturers , with a view of devising some scheme for abridging the hours of labour to ten hours , which would meet their approbation . It has ever been the wish and aim of this committee to maintain a good feeling between masters and men ; and I do hope that if they meet us we shall be able to agree upon some plan or draught of a bill to be submitted to Parliament which will be acceptable to both , and thereby avoid the possibility of any ill-feeling which but too frequently arises out of such contests . If they refuse to meet us , we are not to blame ; and if they do meet us , much good may result from it . But I
leave these suggestions for the committee to deal with as they think best . After some discussion , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — "That the plan submitted by the chairman be submitted to a select committee appointed for that purpose , and that they be requested to report to the next committee meeting . " " That the secretary be instructed to write to Mr . Henry Ashworth , of Turton , near Bolton , requesting to know if he will call a meeting of masters to meet a deputation of the central and district shore-time committees , with a view of agreeing upon the draught of a bill to be submitted to Parliament next session . "
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Fatal Accident . —The 31 cssaoer ( Paris paper ) gives an account of a fire which broke out at Bariieaux , on the 22 nd inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening , at the rue Borie-aux-Chartrous , at a Mons . Tastet . k store full of brandy was consumed , and the firo spread to the neighbouring houses . In three Iiours itwas got under . The following morning , by the foiling in of the roof of one of the burned houses a commander , an adjutant-major , a lieutenant , and three firemen were killed , and a fireman and two soldiers wounded . The loss of property is estimated at three millions of francs .
^ Destructive Fire at Peckham . —On Monday night , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the back premises belonging to Mr . Wm . Walton , corn-dealer , situate in High-street , Peckluun . It originated in the stabling , immediately at the rear of the dwelling-house . Owing , however , to the great scarcity of water and thu highly combustible nature of the stock , it was with the utmost difficulty that the horses could be rescued ; as it was , one of the animals , a very spirited
and valuable ope , was severely burned . From Mr . Walton ' s buildings the flumes extended to the outhouses of Mr . James Leare , and from thence tojthe stabling in the occupation of Mr . Howard , a carpenter and joiner , the whole of which at one time were blazing away with the greatest fury , threatening destruction to the front dwelling-houses . The inhabitants and firemen at length succeeded , with the aid of buckets of water , and by pulling down some contiguous sheds , in extinguishing the flames . The damage , however , is very considerable .
The late Shocking- Accident on boaiid the Moonmoiit . —On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , the coroner at the St . Martin ' s public-house , Duke-strcet , Adelphi , on the body of Janies Purccll , aged 13 , who met with his death from a frightful accident on board the Moonlight , on Monday evening week , at Ilungerford Market , having had his foot twisted off by a rope . Several witnesses of the accident were examined ; and the surgeon detailed the sufferings and death of the poor boy at the Charing-cross Hospital . After much conversation it was agreed to adjeurn the inquiry .
Manslaughter . —At the Central Criminal Court , on Monday a powerful young man named Michael Carroll , about 30 or 35 years of age , was indicted for feloniously killing or slaying James Bristow , by striking him on the head with an iron poker , and inflicting an injury whereof he lingered and died . From the evidence of a number of witnesses , it was proved that the prisoner , who is a labourer , working at St . Mary , Stratford , had a quarrel on the morning of the 10 th August , about one o clock , with another labourer named Williams , which , after an exchange of hard words , terminated in a fight . Several persons of Williams ' s party came to liis assistance , and amongst them the prisoner suffered a severe beating .
As soon as he could get away he went in search of a weapon , and having procured a poker , he returned to the scene of action , loudly vowing vengeance . Thus armed and raging , he walked about for some time brandishing the poker , until the unfortunate deceased , who was peaceably going home , and had nothing whatever to do with Carroll or the previous row , came in the infuriated man ' s way , and was struck twice upon the head with the poker . Of these wounds he died at eight o ' clock on the same morning . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . The Common Serjeant , in sentencing the prisoner to seven years' transportation , expressed his opinion that he ought to have been indicted for wilful
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Explosion at BisiiorwEARMouTn Ironworks . — On llnirsday , the 21 st inst ., an inquest was held at Sunderiand , before Mr . Maynard , coroner on view of the body of a youth named William Irving , who had met with his death under the following circumstances : —It appeared that Messrs . Richardson and Co ., the proprietors of the above extensive works , have lately purchased a quantity of cannon , bombshells , < fcc , no longer fit for naval service , from the Board of Ordnance , for the purpose of melting them down to metal . It was the practice ( and strict orders weve given by the manager to the workmen that this should always be done ) , before patting these shells into the furnace , to break them with large hammers ; but on Wednesday morning , contrary to these
express directions , a large shell had been put into the furnace whole and without being carefully examined . Unfortunately , it contained part of a charge of powder , and almost immediately exploded . The furnace was blown to atoms , arid the above-named youth , who was only fifteen years of age , struck by the materials and killed on the spot . Two of the workmen , named Joseph Shaw and Edward Pollard , who were some distance from the place , were also seriously injured . They were removed to Bishopwcarmouth . Infirmary , and now lie in a very precarious state . Had any other persons been near the furnace , they must have been killed by the explosion . The jury , after hearing the above facts , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
> The Alleged Murder at Rotherhithe . —The inquest , adjourned from Thursday last , on the body of the unfortunate woman , Ellen Tyrrell , who was found in the Grand Surrey Canal under such circumstancesas led to the apprehension of a man named John White , and his remand in llorsemongcr-lane gaol , was resumed on Monday . " Several witnesses were examined , the principal part of whose evidence did not throw much light on the affair . Upon the court being opened , Bridget Mahony , a little girl , was called , who , upon being questioned by the Coroner regarding the nature of an oath , answered very satisfactorily : but on the Coroner telling her she must be sworn she burst into tears , stating that she must not be sworn , as her father had threatened to turn her out of doors if she took an oath . She said she saw her father on Saturday last , when he so threatened her . The Coroner said he had been
informed that violence towards the child had been threatened if she gave any evidence . There was no doubt the child had been , tutored . He ( the Coroner ) would , however , not examine her until the last . Michael Shea , residing in Green Bank , Wapping , deposed that he is a coal-whi pper . Had known White for four years . On Monday , the 11 th instant , witness , White , and two others , were drinking together m a public-house in Wapping . wall , kept by a person named Halfpenny . Witness had a tobacco-box . White asked him for a smoke , which witness refused . White attempted to snatch the box when a jostle occurred , but whether he scratched his face witness could not tell . He did not observe any scratch , although he was in his company for two hours afterwards . White , however , did not complain of having his face scratched . Witness did not see him again until the foUoviae Friday , when , obso . w
ing his face scratched , asked him how he got it White said ' < By the button of your coat , whilst jostling tov the tobacco-box . " The witness subsequently admitted that if White had scratched his face in , theiostle , although he was not sober atthe time , he must have observed it . Police-constable Wm . Keelev 175 K , deposed thaton Tuesday week the person in custody named White was given in charge to him for murdering Ellen Tyrrel . On the roalto the sal tion-house White said , that on the previous Wednesday he met the deceased with Hogan and wife and two other persons ; strangers to him . After , having three pints of gin he crossed the water with deceased and £ ? . ! J f ? , ers ™ r , Rotherhitlie . On landiS
W { ww « w jne uoyai yak , vfhere they had half a pint of gin , when a quarrel arose relative to a brokeS glass , durmg winch deceased and himself left On coming put , . . White directed her towards the Blue Anchor , when deceased said she did not want to co that road as she lived towards Deptford ; they X turned towards Deptford , and that Iip ' . La ^ L S her about twenty rods in that ; dfiS wuff ! fcteafe- SSvl ^ S «; A *^ 1 ^ has sinte measured thedistance from thTRoKk to the Red Lion pubhe-house , tebg a distan ? of fiv « > . ¦ " •••• • . - .: ¦ - . - , . ¦ . ;
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furlongs twenty poles ; from the Red Lion to Knocker's-lanc-bridge being four furlongs eight poles , and thence to where the body was found sixteen poles . Witness had also measured the fence at Jerry Style ' s house , and found it to be seven feet three inches in height ' . At the station-house witness observed two scratches on White's face , which he said ^ were occasioned in a struggle to obtain the possession of a tobacco-box from one of his mates named Shea . The total distance from the Royal Oak to where the body was found was one mile two furlongs four poles . Charles Varrow , a brass-founder at Burnett and Copes ' , at DepttoYd , deposed that ho vesides in London . On Tuesday morning last , about a quarter past four , witness was coining down to his work by the side of the Greenwich Railway , when having
occasion to go underneath one of the archways , No . 526 , he found a white straw bonnet without ribbon , and a little broken in the front . There was no blood upon it , and the young man who was coming down the road with witness took the bonnet . Witness does , not know his name , or where he works , but he had the appearance of being an engineer . The bonnet , in witness ' s opinion , had evidently been placed there for concealment , and had evidently not been in the water . The room having been cleared , after a consultation of about half an hour , was re-opencd , when the Coroner stated that , in conscqnence of the finding of the bonnet , and other little matters , which would throw considerable light on this suspicious case , the inquest must stand further adjourned until Friday .
Another Fatal Railway Accident . —An accident , resulting fatally , occurred on Tuesday night on the Newcastle and North Shields Railway , the particulars of which , as far as we can gather , are as follow : —When the train , which left Newcastle at half-past nine o ' clock , was proceeding at the usual pace , it came in contact with a man , apparently a labourer , but totally unconnected with the railway , between the Wallsend and Walker Stations , and knocked him down , nearly severing the legs from the body , and killing him on the spot . The unfortunate sufferer , it appears , had been trespassing on the line , and did not observe the engine till ioo late to escape . The body , which was sadly mutilated , wi > s soon afterwards brought to the station-house at Newcastle , to be claimed by the relatives . No blame , we believe , is attachable to the engine driver , as , owing to the darkness of the night and the position of the deceased , the melancholy occurrence was unavoidble . — Tyne Mcreury .
Accident and Narrow Escape on the York and Scarkro' Railway . —The 12 . 15 train , consisting ol about fifteen carriages , and occupied by upwards of 300 passengers , left the York station at about the usual time on Monday at noon . The train was drawn by the Dimcombe engine , and in addition to the passengers' carriages , there was a covered waggon , or road parcels carriage , which wsis placed next the tender . The train proceeded at its ordinary speed , and nothing unusual transpired until within from two to three hundred yards of the Kirkham station , whero there are some very awkward curves , and where the line is exceedingly dangerous from the looseness of the soil forming the embankment , which is principally composed of sand . —This part of the
railway , which is at the foot of the Whitwell estate , is exactly opposite Kirkham Abbey , from which it is separated by the river Derweut . In endeavouring to to pass along this part of the line , the engine and tender , together with tliG luggage waggon before alluded to , and a second class carriage ran off the rails , and were partly embedded in the adjoining embankment . The greatest alarm and confusion immediately ensued , in the midst of which heart-rending cries for assistance of some one was heard . Attention was immediately directed to the broken carriage , when it was discovered that a plate layer , who had been travelling in it , had received very serious injury . He was immediately removed to the house of " a neighbouring farmer named Warwick . —Mr . Cabrev
, the resident engineer in York to the above company , was close to the engine-driver at the tinic of the accident , and was thrown on to the side of the embankment , but from the soft state of the soil , he escaped with trifling in jury . —The guard , whose name is Cowburn , and who had been merely put on as extra guard , sustained a slight fracture of one of his legs , but after a short delay at the Kirkham station-house , lie was removed to Malton . No other personal injury was occasioned by the accident , and a messenger having been despatched to Malton with intelligence of the occurrence , another engine was procured , End the passengers proceeded on their journey . In the meantime it had been ascertained that the unfortunate individual taken from
the luggage waggon was very severely hurt , and Mr . Sigston , of Welburn , and Mr . Bartliff , of Malton , surgeons , were sent for . The sufferer gave his name Joseph Strong , of Shildon , near Darlington , and stated that lie had been in the employment of the railway company in question , as a plate layer , for about five weeks , having been engaged in a similar capacity near Darlington , for a period of upwards of seven years . On the medical gentlemen before named arriving at the house of Mr . Warwick , they discovered that Strong had each of his thighs fractured in two different plpies , besides one of them being much contused , and from which a very considerable quantity of blood was taken . The usual remedies available under the circumstances were applied , and on visiting their patient on the following morning the surgeons declared the appearances favourable .
It is very providential that the engine did not run off the line on the contrary side to where the occurrence took place , as in that case the greater part , if not the whole of the train , must inevitably have been precipitated down the declivity into the river . Immediately after the departure of the train for Scarbro' active preparations were commenced for remedying the defects in the rails , Ac , and also for removing the broken carriages , engine , and tender . We understand that when Strong completed his week ' s labour on Saturday last , he proceeded to York , where he had previously arranged to meet his wife , and that in returning to his employment on Monday , ho had concealed himself in the luggage waggon in order to avoid paying the usual fare , although , we are informed , such charge would have been dispensed with providing he had made proper application , on account of his being in the service of the company .
Distressing Occurrence at Dunbar A most distressing catastrophe occurred here yesterday ( Wednesday ) , by which ten individuals have heen drowned . The Red Rover fishing-boat , of Buckhaven , with a crew of six men , William Thompson , master , in taking the old harbour , about midway , was driven among the rocks and totally wrecked . Three of the crew were instantly drowned . The master got on to a rock and was saved . His brother reached a small rock , near the iron pole , which is surrounded by deep water , and covered at full tide against which the sea was fearfully breaking . Many fruitless attempts were made to rescue him . As a last attempt Lieutenant Wylde , of the preventive service ; Mr . Lucas , chief boatman , with four
seataring men belonging to the town , whose names were David Darg , Peter Darg , William Miller , and WUham Clement , volunteered their services , and in a fishing-boat ; boldly ventured out . They had nearly reached the rock when the poor man was washed off but he kept up for a short time and neared the boat i he crew had almost succeeded in catching his hand when a , sea struck the boat and drove it among the rocks behind the pier , where , melancholy to mention , it was dashed to pieces , and the whole crew drowned Ihc object of their solicitude was carried to sea , and met the same fate . It is distressing to think of the extent of affliction which this fearful event has occasioned . Lieutenant Wylde , Mr . Lucas , Peter Darg and William Clement , were married men . and
m ° f tlle , ' excc P Mr . Lucas , have left families , lhe two former were excellent seamen , and much respected in Dunbar . The state of excitement and g loom which this melancholy occurrence lins occasioned among all classes is very great . It is not known what caused the Red Rover to attempt Dunbar with such a fearful swell in shore . She W not been fishing there for some days , and not more than s \ boats belonging to the station had ventured to the fishing-ground on the preceding evening . It is thought sTie was well fished , and from the circumstances of few Dnnbar boats being out , expected a more ready market for her cargo . -Wu ^ A Herald Dreadful SuiciDE . -On Friday week Dr . M'Carthv T& ™ ™ >^ . We ? t . atRathmines , near Dlin
. UU on view of the body of Mr . Frederick Howard ITSTk W ^ ' - ° resMed tllcre ' who Da shot himself that morning about twelve o ' clock with a gun . The greatest excitement prevailed /„ the neighbourhood , and a large crowd of persons was collected about the place . The body presented an hiowiK'T ^ n 111611 ^ almost Kindly blown off the shoulders , and the gun was certainly Placed m a curious position mfax the side-board lhe circumstances caused some difficulty to the iurv ' as they could not well account for the position of the . gun . it appeared that the deceased pushed the trigger with the ramrod , and so violent was the shock , that the stock was torn fvom the piece , and a quantit y of shot ( with which the gun was loaded ) entered the ceiling . Death must have been quite instantancous . Deceased was well known in the count *
ana city , and was a grand juror in both . A number ofwunesses were examined , who deposed , apparently with sufficient clearness , to the fact of the tieceased having been for some time of unsound mind that he imagined that a conspiracy existed against IWi-j * ¦ Ji . hadstated in the previous week that . he did not think any man safe from the " sDvin ? system" that was practised b y the police . The jury however , found the following verdict ; - " "We find that the said Frederick Howard was found dead in £ back breakfas parlour , on Friday , August 22 > Hn thebrainsof his head fractured on the right side and several blood-vessels ruptured , then lyin ^ n Ms ilouT e at Ratlimmes , in the county of Dubfin ; that 7 is death was caused by leaden shot , No . 5 , firal from a gunorpistol , but whether said shot AN ^ unred K ceased in an unsound state of mind , or by the hand of another person , said jury cannot say . " It was A ? ? ° ° ° Ck Wh 6 n * he jur * ^ ere discharged
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Incendiary Fire at Folkixcham . — At thre e o ' clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of Folkingham , in the county of Lincoln , were suddenly alarmed by a cry of "Fire ! " and great numbers rose from their beds and rushed to the extensive stack-yard and premises at the back of the Greyhound Inn , occupied by Mr . Casswell , where they found a large granary filled with oats enveloped in flames , threatening inevitable destruction to the several surrounding stacks of newly got inhay . Water from a neighbouring well , supplied in abundance the excellent engine provided for the town by Sir G . Ileathcote ; and to this circumstance , combined with the wet state of the stacks , owing to the heavy rain which had been falling without intermission for two hows , may be attributed the preservation of property
amounting m value to several thousand pounds , ihc tiro for a considerable period raged with unabated fury , reflecting an immense light for miles around , but happily it was confined to the building and the materials inside it . How this mischief occurred is not known , but from the circumstance of the building being locked up it is very strongly conjectured to have been the act of an incendiary . * Suspicion fell upon some Irish labourers in the neigh , bourhood , with whom some unpleasantness had taken place a day or two before ; there , however , was no proof sufficient to warrant their apprehension . The alarm was given by Thomas Burrows , keeper of the New Inn tap , which is contiguous to the stack-yard . This is the second fire that has taken place upon nearl y tlio same spot within a few months .
The late Fire in Alderjiaxburt . — Extiiaoii . djxary Investigation , and Important Powkr op the Coroner . —On Thursday at noon , a jury of the inhabitants of the ward of Cripplegate-within were impanelled before Mr . W . Payne , the City coroner at the School-house , Philip-lane , Aldcrmanbury , to inquire into the cause of the late fire on the premises of Messrs . Bradbury and Co ., Manchester-warehousemen , of Aldernianbury . The coroner , on takin " his seat , said he would take the liberty of stating , as the present was rather a novel proceeding , why he had called them together . Latterly the number of fires in London had considerably increased , awl when they took into consideration that nothing was so fearful as fire , they would be of opinion with him that
when they had the power to inquire into the causes of such fires , nothing could be more important to tta public at large than that the cause should be closely investigated . The ancient authorities showed that in olden times it was the practice of the coroner to inquire into all burnings within his district , and that power still belonging to the coroner , although fallen into desuetude , he thought they would be of opinion with him that it was mostimportant that it should again be brought into force . In " Home ' s Mirror of J ustice " the duties of the coroner were clearly laid down , and among those duties the coroner was to inquire of all burnings , whether they were caused by felonv
or mischance . If they were of opinion that they had been set on firo with a felonious intent , then it was their duty to im uire and ascertain who the party was who was guilty of that felony . It was clear , therefore , in the olden time , that part of the coroner ' s d lty was to inquire into all burnings ; and he need not say how necessary it was to revive it at the present time . No one had the power to inquire into the causes of a fire—not even a magistrate , unless a party was in custody charged with causing it . _ The persons living in the neighbour , hood of a fire were always most anxious to know how it occurred , and he thought the public would think that he had done no more than liis dutv in
summoning a jury to inquire into the circumstances ot the late fire , who also might , by any suggestion thrown oat , prevent , in a great measure , fires bcin « - so numerous . He had directed a number of persons to be summoned to give evidence as to the cause of the recent fire in Aldernianbury , so that they miuht come to a proper verdict , whether it was caused by accident or otherwise . Asher Cousins , a packer in the service of Messrs . Bradbury , Greatorex , and Buall , proved discovering the tire about twenty minutes before eight o ' clock on Monday night , in the cellar under the packing-room . The smoke was coming up through an iron grating ; and on liis going into the cellar , which was used for keeping boxesand papers in , he saw a pile of paper on lire . He tried to put the fire out , but was unable . No one was in the cellar when he went down . The witness at great length explained the relative positions
of various gas-lights on the premises , and stated that it was usual to light them by means of wax tapers , and not paper . Several witnesses , employed by the firm , whose evidence went to show that the fiiu originated beneath the grating in the packing-room , and immediately underneath a gas-light in that room , but no one could tell who lit that gas-light on the evening of the fire , having been examined , Mr . Braidwood said , having heard the evidence , he was of opinion that the fire originated from a light dropping through the grating amongst the paper in the cellar . Mr . Beall , one of the partners , said he recollected that about half an hour before the fire occurred he lit one of the gas lights with a piece of paper , which he threw upon the floor , . and placed liis foot upon . After a most patient investigation into all the circumstances of the ease , the jury returned a verdict "That the fire was caused bv accident . "
Destructive Fihe at . Liverpool . —[ From the second edition of the Liverpool Mercury of Friday . ]—Just as we ¦ were going to press last niglit , word reached the fire police station that the sugar-waveltouse and premises of Messrs . Tarry and Lightfoot , Ellcnborough-strect , were on fire . Mr . Hewitt , with liis usual promptitude , immediately dispatched several engines , water-carts , and a large number of the fire brigade . By the time they had reached the scene of destruction , which was about * halfpast ten o ' clock , the fire had made considerable progress , having completely destroyed the upper story , and was rapidly proceeding through the roof . Shortly after eleven o ' clock the roof of the sugar house fell in , and the total destruction of the building seemed inevitable . The scene at this period was most
distressing , the premises being situated in a denselypopulated neighbourhood , mid in the midst of the poorest inhabitants . A general move was made o » the part of the inmates of various dwellings around to move their furniture and goods , and what with the hurry and bustle of the poor creatures , who were rushing to aud fro , in a s tate of frenzy and desperation , and the crving and screaming of the women and children , the scene can better bo imagined than portrayed . In spite of aU remonstrances the poor unfortunate people could not be prevailed uuoii to allow their goods to remain in the dwellings , in consequence of which many of them lost portions of their furniture and other articles . About a quarter to 12 o ' clock the fire had reached its utmost limits in Ellenborough-strcet ,
but no sooner had the flames been got well under in tills part of the premises , than it was discovered that the ware house adjoining , fronting Wellington-street , had caught , two of the upper stories of which were ascertained to be completel y on fire . The rooms being partly empty , assisted materially the progress of the names , and the firo spread rapidly for some time . The warehouse , which is sis stories high , was filled in the lower rooms with cotton and molasses . The fourth story was soon emptied of its contents , as were the rest , to admit of room for the firebrigade to act , and in about an hour and a half from the time of the discovery the names were got under to sogreat an extent as to place all apprehensions of the further destruction of property beyond doubt . The total loss is roughly estimated at between £ 5000 and £ C 00 O .
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United Trades' Associatios for the Employment op Labour in Agriculture asd Manufactures . —A meeting of the board of directors was in t Monday morning , August 25 th , at the office , 60 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury ; Mr . Robsou , vicepresident , in the chair . Arrangements were entered into for the production of a periodical ( weekly ) * under the title of the " Trades' Weekly Register . " lhe correspondence read shows the country to be quite alive to the Land movement . In one letter , from a single society , application was made for ono hundred shares .
United Trades' Association for the Protection of _ Industry . —The central committee met at their office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , August 2 otli ; Mr . Booth , vice-president , in the chair . Various letters of a cheering character wereread Irom numerous provincial Trades , and deputations appointed to wait on the several Metropolitan Trades' Societies . Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday , September 8 th , at the sign of the Red Lion ,
JBiaekrod ; chair to betaken at eleven o ' clock in the iorcnoon . There will also be a public meeting , which . will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution and law fund , will be Is . Sd . per member . Persons calling themselves members of the Miners' Association , coming into Lancashire , will not be recognised as such unless they produce printed credentials , properly attested by the secretary of the lodge or district to which they have belonged , and dulv stamped with the district seal . " r
Yorkshire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of the Miners of Yorkshire will beheld at the house of Mr . Samuel Rowbottom , the Unicorn Inn , Adwalton , on Saturday , September 6 th , tocom * mence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .
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^ Fate of a Speculator . —Mr . John Ray , of London , succeeded , some time ago , to a fortune ot £ 60 , 000 . He began speculating with it in the StocK Exchange , lost all , and died suddenly , the vecK before last , in a state of utter destitution .
The Factory Bill.
THE FACTORY BILL .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1330/page/8/
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